Windoze Networking

[emodx]

I don't remember if I had asked this or not... For you network geeks...errr professionals, can you set up an ethernet bridge to act as a load balancing team instead of a redundency team? I have a bunch of spare 3COM NIC cards and would be interested in setting up my file server in this fashion.

I am comfortable using regedit and services.msc, or would download a utility to handle it. I am using XP home.

Emo

 

[AVB]

If you are not using ICS or ICF through your server then it would be possible to bridge the two adapter cards in XP pro. I just don't know about XP home though. The bridge would load balance to an extent in that the bridge would over time learn where to send traffic. The bridge would only be redundant if you had both cards plugged into the same hub/switch/router.

MS has 2 articles on this for XP pro. here and here.

 

[Wurm]

Your only problem will be XP home...

It doesn't support most advanced networking options AFAIK.

 

[emodx]

XP Home allows me to create a network bridge, but I cant find anything about load sharing. When I create the bridge, only one card is active. When I unplug that connection, the other picks up. That's how I know it is a redundant bridge. Would changing it to full duplex instead of half duplex solve the load sharing. One connection for inbound and one for out bound?

 

[NullSmurf]

I could make any router do this in my sleep. Alas, I haven't done it with a computer since NT. Even then, Windows makes for shitty routing logic.

Do you figure that you're maxing the one connection?

 

[emodx]

I could make any router do this in my sleep. Alas, I haven't done it with a computer since NT. Even then, Windows makes for shitty routing logic.

Do you figure that you're maxing the one connection?

Bandwidth, nowhere near my max... But traffic is quite high... The reponse time is definately lagging... I want to run an FTP server along with Gnutella Ultrapeer. I am guessing hardware isnt the issue, but actual network requests. I am not worrying about routing for right now. So far my cable modem is fine. I don't care about overall performance outside the router, I am worrying about good performance through the router and good response time/bandwidth on the internal network.

 

[grateful1]

I'm not sure if this will work with XP Home...but you can check this out... Linky!

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.



Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "RandomAdapter" and set it according to the value data below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.



System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]
Value Name: RandomAdapter
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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Again, I'm not sure if XP Home allows for this capability.

<edited to remove jave code crap>

 

[emodx]

I'm not sure if this will work with XP Home...but you can check this out... Linky!

-------------------------------------------------------

Open your registry and find or create the key below.



Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "RandomAdapter" and set it according to the value data below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.



System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]
Value Name: RandomAdapter
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

-------------------------------------------------------------



Again, I'm not sure if XP Home allows for this capability.

Huh... What's up with the Java script?

 

[grateful1]

I'm not sure if this will work with XP Home...but you can check this out... Linky!

-------------------------------------------------------

Open your registry and find or create the key below.



Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "RandomAdapter" and set it according to the value data below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.



System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]
Value Name: RandomAdapter
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

-------------------------------------------------------------



Again, I'm not sure if XP Home allows for this capability.

Huh... What's up with the Java script?

oh - java script was from a cut and paste off the linky site.

It's used on the linky site for 'help pop-ups' on the topic that is hightlighted on that site.